Hurricane Irma in Antilles Islands (2017-09-05)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-09-05 10:08:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-09-06 13:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
Hurricane Irma has been upgraded to a powerful category five storm as warnings have been issued for several Caribbean islands. The hurricane had sustained winds of up to 280km/h.

Irma is projected to hit the islands, causing storm surges, life-threatening winds and torrential rain.

Reference products: 5
Delineation products: 5
Grading products: 8

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Hurricane Irma in Antilles Islands (2017-09-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8c86f7db-a81e-44d6-9d0b-5e8b201165f8

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency France Rapid Mapping EMSR232 Mapping Storm Emergency Management FRA

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR232]: Hurricane Irma in Antilles Islands (2017-09-05)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GEO

POLYGON((-63.1532576712 18.126473312,-61.2840452875 18.126473312,-61.2840452875 16.3075268923,-63.1532576712 16.3075268923,-63.1532576712 18.126473312))

GEO

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2017-09-05
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR232
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8c86f7db-a81e-44d6-9d0b-5e8b201165f8
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